- 01 2010-RELEASES · ARTISTS-TO-WATCH-FOR-IN-2011 Things you missed while I wasn’t blogging #2: Brandon Clark and the American Standard So we all know that I haven’t been blogging for a while. In an attempt to make amends, I’m going to post a series of short “Things you missed while I wasn’t blogging” posts that recaps what I’ve been up to/listening to… MAR · 13 · 2010 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 02 ARTISTS · DIGITAL-DOWNLOADS Another “Best Albums of the Decade” (2000 – 2009) List… God. It’s already December the 15th as I write this (not sure when I will get to publish the post) \[Ed’s note: only half a month later. Not bad. I’ll just use the excuse that I was waiting until 2009 was over, to give… JAN · 02 · 2010 10 COMMENTS READ →
- 03 2009-RELEASES · ARTISTS Dave McMillan – Trying to find Rewind So, if you’ve read my “30 South African Bands you need to hear!” post – and it seems like a lot of you are – you would have noticed my admiration for Durban muso, Dave McMillan. Dave was, quite literally, the reason I p… NOV · 23 · 2009 4 COMMENTS READ →
- 04 2009-RELEASES · ARTISTS-TO-WATCH-FOR-IN-2010 Mumford and Sons – Sigh No More So, I’ve held off on posting about this album for a while… when I first heard Mumford and Sons, there was this crazy rush of excitement (“thank god, finally a 2009 sound worth raving about!”) that I thought might colour… OCT · 14 · 2009 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 05 2009-RELEASES · ARTISTS The Middle East – The Darkest Side So, if you’re a fan of my Facebook page (and if you aren’t, what are you waiting for? Go on, visit the link and fan the page. I’ll wait. No rush. Back? Good. Ahem… where was I?)… oh yes, so if you’re a fan of my Faceboo… OCT · 06 · 2009 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 06 2009-RELEASES · ARTISTS Mumford and Sons – “Little Lion Man” (Video) & live “White Blank Page” I don’t quite know how I’ve let this go until now without a post. Mumford and Sons was a band I’d heard mentioned in quite a few places online, but for some reason I’d never bothered to track down much of their stuff. T… OCT · 05 · 2009 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 07 2009-RELEASES · ARTISTS Dave Smallen – I Think It’s Getting Better There is no better day than today, a Monday, to play this song for you. Below, Dave Smallen‘s “I Think It’s Getting Better”. AUG · 31 · 2009 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 08 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS So happy I just heard: Ben Howard The music blogging gig is a weird thing… you can go months without hearing anything that inspires you, and then all of a sudden a whole host of tunes reach out and smack you across the face in a course of a week. This h… AUG · 14 · 2009 5 COMMENTS READ →
- 09 2009-RELEASES · ARTISTS Skunk Anansie are back… and I couldn’t be happier. Have you ever had one of those bands that you didn’t realise exactly how much you missed them, until they reformed, and then you realised how happy that made you? No? Well, I’ve just had one of those moments, when @Leni… AUG · 11 · 2009 6 COMMENTS READ →
- 10 2009-RELEASES · ARTISTS We Were Promised Jetpacks – Quiet Little Voices (Video) So, I know it’s been a while. Here, to help you get through, I present an absolute bundle of joy with We Were Promised Jetpacks‘ video for cracking single “Quiet Little Voices”. JUL · 21 · 2009 2 COMMENTS READ →
- 11 2009-RELEASES · DIGITAL-DOWNLOADS Joe Raciti – Love Love You know, sometimes I’m not the best music blogger in the world. I let emails slip through the cracks. I let this blog take a back seat to my day time job, and to every day life. While that pretty much qualifies me for… JUN · 27 · 2009 2 COMMENTS READ →
- 12 2009-RELEASES · ARTISTS Playing for Change – Change Is Gonna Come I’ve mentioned the Playing for Change movement before on this blog. They’ve just released their latest episode, “Change Is Gonna Come”. And really, words aren’t needed to describe the power of this production. Instead,… JUN · 02 · 2009 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 13 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Juzzie Smith – Travelling Juzzie Smith – The One Man Band that will blow you away MAY · 28 · 2009 2 COMMENTS READ →
- 14 ARTISTS · DIGITAL-DOWNLOADS Joe Pug – How Good You Are (live at Schuba’s Tavern, 2009) MAY · 18 · 2009 3 COMMENTS READ →
- 15 2009-RELEASES · ARTISTS Malcolm Middleton – Carry Me Malcolm Middleton MAY · 13 · 2009 1 COMMENT READ →
- 16 2009-RELEASES · ARTISTS Jeremy Enigk – Mind Idea Jeremy Enigk (image credit: Mark Swanson) MAY · 12 · 2009 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 17 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Donerail – Some Ending Donerail (Image Credit: Trask Bedortha) MAY · 11 · 2009 1 COMMENT READ →
- 18 ARTISTS · GUITAR Kurt Cobain – It’s been 15 years… Bugger. I missed posting this yesterday, but in the United States, it still is yesterday, if you know what I mean… so I thought I would post anyway. Yesterday (or today, depending upon where you are when you read this),… APR · 06 · 2009 3 COMMENTS READ →
- 19 2008-RELEASES · 2009-RELEASES Ari Hest – Twelve Mondays The other day I got that kind of email that music bloggers love to get… an email from an artist’s management saying, “Hey… you know, I’ve noticed from your blog posts that you like xyz… and I think you might like some o… APR · 01 · 2009 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 20 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Lowry – Love Is Dead So, apologies for the decline in posts around these parts lately. It’s been a hectic few months. Actually, scratch that… it’s been a hectic year, and posting sometimes fell by the wayside. So you know it had to be somet… MAR · 23 · 2009 1 COMMENT READ →
- 21 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Coldplay, live at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre On Sunday night, I was lucky enough to see “superband”, Coldplay, perform live at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre. MAR · 10 · 2009 9 COMMENTS READ →
- 22 ARTISTS · GUITAR Ray Lamontagne, live on “Saturday Night Live” This past weekend, Ray Lamontagne performed “You Are The Best Thing” and “Trouble”, live on SNL. MAR · 10 · 2009 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 23 2009-RELEASES · ARTISTS The Deep Dark Woods – Winter Hours The Deep Dark Woods FEB · 19 · 2009 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 24 2009-RELEASES · ARTISTS The Damnwells, ONE LAST CENTURY bonus track, “One Last Century” Alex Dezen (image credit: Heather Conley) FEB · 16 · 2009 6 COMMENTS READ →
- 25 2009-RELEASES · ARTISTS Today is the day! Go download the Damnwells new album, “One Last Century” for free! So as I mentioned here, the Damnwells are releasing their new album, “One Last Century”, as a free download through Paste Magazine. Today. FEB · 11 · 2009 6 COMMENTS READ →
- 26 2009-RELEASES · ARTISTS Little Birdy – Brother Little Birdy JAN · 30 · 2009 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 27 ARTISTS · CONCERTS Neil Young & My Morning Jacket, live at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre So, last night, I saw titans perform at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre. Not only did I see My Morning Jacket perform as the opening act, but then Neil Young came on and absolutely tore the stage apart. JAN · 22 · 2009 1 COMMENT READ →
- 28 2007-RELEASES · 2009-RELEASES Bon Iver, live at the Tivoli in Brisbane – 17 Jan, 2009 Last night, I had probably the most visceral experience of my life, watching Bon Iver perform live at the Tivoli in Brisbane. To call it sublime would be an understatement. JAN · 18 · 2009 29 COMMENTS READ →
- 29 2009-RELEASES · ARTISTS Joe Pug – I’m Not So Sure & Bury Me Far From My Uniform I recently came across this session on the always fabulous LaundroMatinee site, and simply had to post it. Anyone who’s read this blog for any amount of time will know my love for Joe Pug (after all, I included him in m… DEC · 24 · 2008 1 COMMENT READ →
- 30 2009-RELEASES · ARTISTS New Bon Iver Track – Blood Bank Ok, so I’m a few days late (read: over a week) in getting this up, but unfortunately the whole “Festive Season” rush got in the way of regular posting. Anyway, Burgo’s Music Blog favourite, Bon Iver, is releasing their… DEC · 24 · 2008 3 COMMENTS READ →
- 31 ARTISTS · GUITAR State Radio, “Right Me Up” live at the Bank of America Pavilion It’s obviously a week for talking about my favourite bands. Today, I’m going to post about another favourite band of mine, State Radio. For more about how much this band means to me, you can check out my past posts on S… DEC · 19 · 2008 2 COMMENTS READ →
- 32 ARTISTS · GUITAR The Neil Young Archives Vol. 1 Trailer Yes… Archives Vol.1 finally seems tangible. If it’s at all possible, I’m now even more excited for the Neil Young gig I’m going to next month. Enjoy. DEC · 17 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 33 ARTISTS · GUITAR Ryan Adams, Holiday Home Jams So over the last four days, Ryan Adams has been busy on Youtube (see the Cards’ ‘Tube profile here), uploading “home jams” of some of his past songs. Given that he uploaded yet another one, “Cobwebs”, only 8 hours ago,… DEC · 09 · 2008 1 COMMENT READ →
- 34 ARTISTS · GUITAR Kelly Jones, “Maybe Tomorrow” from BBC’s “Later… with Jools Holland” Included here for no other reason than: DEC · 08 · 2008 1 COMMENT READ →
- 35 2008-RELEASES · A-LOOK-BACK-AT-BURGOS-BLOG-THUS-FAR Burgo’s “Best of 2008” list. Yes, I have one too. Late December Update: Unfortunately, after months of fighting with the RIAA amongst others, Mixwit, the site that I used to embed the below playlist, has had to close down. This means that the below playlist is no longe… DEC · 07 · 2008 7 COMMENTS READ →
- 36 ARTISTS · CONCERTS Howie Day, live at the Troubadour in Brisbane (Side Note: Apologies for the weird formatting issues in the below post. I’m posting this from the road, and my laptop seems to be acting up a bit. When I’m back at my regular computer next week, I’ll try and fix it up.… NOV · 28 · 2008 25 COMMENTS READ →
- 37 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, 3 Voor 12 Set Following on from the Cardinals’ Coffee Shop Show, Ryan Adams & Co. have just released the entire (yes, entire… in other words, close on 30 minutes) 3 Voor 12 set up at cave.cardinology. NOV · 20 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 38 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Joe Pug, live on NPR’s Mountain Stage This is a really short note here, but to any of you readers who have enjoyed the stuff you’ve heard from Joe Pug on this blog so far, you might want to head over to NPR to stream Joe Pug’s October 5 performance from NPR… NOV · 17 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 39 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS William Fitzsimmons – The Sparrow & The Crow For some reason, if you’d asked me last week whether I had posted about William Fitzsimmons on this blog before, I would have sworn blind that I had discussed his 2006 album “Goodnight” sometime in 2007. However, I rece… NOV · 14 · 2008 1 COMMENT READ →
- 40 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, in the BBC Studios So this past Saturday, Ryan Adams and the Cardinals appeared on BBC Radio 2’s Dermot O’Leary show… and man, what a treat we were in for. NOV · 11 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 41 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Ryan Adams, Cardinology Coffee Shop Show… Wow, look at all those alliterations in that title. Anyway, straight to the business at hand. Ryan Adams and the Cardinals recently celebrated the release of their “Cardinology” album with a eight-song acoustic performa… NOV · 05 · 2008 1 COMMENT READ →
- 42 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS The Gaslight Anthem – The ’59 Sound Included for not other reason than the fact that it’s a cracking tune, and that vocalist Brian Fallon looks like he couldn’t be having more fun… for some inexplicable reason, this (hardly ground-breaking) video has me e… NOV · 04 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 43 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Thursday Roundup – Gnarls Barkley, Ben Nichols and Denison Witmer It’s been a while since I’ve done a roundup post, so here are the tunes that have been spinning in my iTunes this week. OCT · 30 · 2008 3 COMMENTS READ →
- 44 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS-TO-WATCH-FOR-IN-2009 Amiestreet and Brett Dennen – Hope for the Hopeless OCT · 26 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 45 1999-RELEASES · GUITAR Ben Folds Five Reunion, Front to Back… on Myspace now! Another short post today, but Myspace has finally put up their “Front to Back… Ben Folds Five Reunion” videos that “the other Matt” and I were so excited about. OCT · 24 · 2008 1 COMMENT READ →
- 46 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS-TO-WATCH-FOR-IN-2009 The Sand Band – The Secret Chord I’m quite late to the party on these guys, having first read about The Sand Band way back in August on that awesomeness of music blogs, Some Velvet Blog. I filed away the band for listening at a later date, and it someh… OCT · 06 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 47 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS The Avett Brothers – Murder in the City Video Short note today… but just wanted to let everyone know that The Avett Brothers have released their new video for single “Murder in The City” (featured in this post back here)… and it’s a killer video (no pun intended). OCT · 02 · 2008 1 COMMENT READ →
- 48 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Bill Madden – Child of the Same God So, a few weeks ago, Diana from MADMUSE got in touch with me to let me know that they were sending me a pre-release copy of Bill Madden‘s new album, “Child of the Same God”. (Sidenote: I love it when overseas agencies d… SEP · 23 · 2008 1 COMMENT READ →
- 49 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Bon Iver – New EP free on Myspace Ok… so this isn’t so much a post as an announcement to all Bon Iver fans. Bon Iver (now more than just Justin Vernon, as pointed out here… now a full band) recently contributed to the Myspace Transmissions series; and t… SEP · 21 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 50 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Guest Post – Josh Moore Ed’s Note: The following is a guest post from Rachel Morris, a regular reader here on Burgo’s Blog. This is something I’m hoping to make a regular feature on Burgo’s Blog. Too often I get emails from people who write wi… SEP · 17 · 2008 3 COMMENTS READ →
- 51 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS New Ryan Adams tunes… Sinking Ships, The Colour of Pain, Cobwebs & Fix It. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals on tour… standing on the shoulders of giants. SEP · 10 · 2008 4 COMMENTS READ →
- 52 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Friday Music Roundup – Motel Motel, Hotel Lights and Capital Road As another week draws to a close, and I head down the coast (and offline) for the weekend, I thought I would throw up a quick music roundup of those songs that have been spinning incessantly on my iTunes this week. So h… AUG · 28 · 2008 5 COMMENTS READ →
- 53 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Thank jeebus… The new album from The Verve actually sounds pretty good. AUG · 28 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 54 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Joseph Arthur – Temporary People Joseph Arthur (self-portrait) AUG · 27 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 55 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Stop the presses. aKING is South Africa’s next big thing. … And yes, I know exactly what a huge statement that is to make. But I’m making it anyway. Only a band that excited me this much could have brought me out of my semi-hiding on this blog. I heard them, and I simply had t… AUG · 26 · 2008 2 COMMENTS READ →
- 56 ARTISTS · CONCERTS Death Cab for Cutie, live at the Tivoli in Brisbane Unfortunately, and in keeping with the general lack of time around these parts lately, this post might need to be a bit short. But on Friday night, I saw one of my top 5 shows that I’ve ever seen at the Tivoli… Death Ca… AUG · 25 · 2008 4 COMMENTS READ →
- 57 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Drips and Drabs… Here’s me, not one post earlier, saying that things were going to be quite around here for the next week or two. Yet here I am, putting up a second post today! Truth is, I’ve had an unexpected opening in my schedule, an… AUG · 15 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 58 2002-RELEASES · 2005-RELEASES Jason Mraz, live at the Tivoli in Brisbane It’s been a while, I know… but hey, as some would say, “Shit got real“, you know? And, unfortunately, blogging has had to take a second seat lately. Hopefully, this won’t be the case for too much longer… but for the nex… AUG · 15 · 2008 8 COMMENTS READ →
- 59 2005-RELEASES · 2008-RELEASES High On Stress… Under The Radar. Under The Radar is a column inspired by material sent in by the readers of Burgo’s Blog, alerting me to music that I may not have otherwise heard. If you’d like to let me know about some of your favourite tunes that I m… AUG · 06 · 2008 8 COMMENTS READ →
- 60 2007-RELEASES · 2008-RELEASES Wednesday Music Round Up – Jason Reeves, Justin Currie, Matt Bauer and Ray Lamontagne Wow. It has been one hectic week, and at this stage it doesn’t look like there’s any sign of easing up. Which is disappointing, as it means blogging has had to take a back seat, and I’ve received some cracking pitches r… AUG · 06 · 2008 6 COMMENTS READ →
- 61 2007-RELEASES · ARTISTS Live Music Friday – Radiohead, live at BBC Radio Theatre Welcome back to another Live Music Friday here on Burgo’s Blog. For today’s show, I’ve decided to post one of the most requested sets from my readers: Radiohead, performing live at the BBC Radio Theatre, on April 1, 200… JUL · 31 · 2008 1 COMMENT READ →
- 62 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS New Tallest Man On Earth – A Field Of Birds (Yellow Bird Project theme song) This is just a short note to let you all know that there’s a new Tallest Man On Earth song out – see my last post on this dude here – titled “A Field of Birds”… and it’s a killer tune. JUL · 29 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 63 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Live Music Friday – Kaki King, live at Ironhorse Welcome back to another Live Music Friday here at Burgo’s Blog. For today’s post – and largely due to the fact that I’ve just watched “August Rush” again – I thought I would post something slightly different; a 2004 sho… JUL · 24 · 2008 6 COMMENTS READ →
- 64 2007-RELEASES · 2008-RELEASES Mailbox Clean Up Tuesday Trio. The Avett Brothers, Peter Bradley Adams & Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. It’s been a while since I put a Tuesday Trio up on this blog, and seeing as I was going through some of the messages to have landed in my inbox lately that have alerted me to new music, I thought: Why not? So, for today… JUL · 22 · 2008 1 COMMENT READ →
- 65 2007-RELEASES · DIGITAL-DOWNLOADS Live Music Friday – The National White Sessions Welcome back to another Live Music Friday here at Burgo’s Blog. For this week’s post, I decided to revisit a past Live Music Friday post, from April, where I featured The National live on the Radio Inter Black Sessions.… JUL · 17 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 66 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS-TO-WATCH-FOR-IN-2008 Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson – Buriedfed This is just a quick post today; but I really wanted to post Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson‘s (henceforth known as MBAR on this blog, as that name is simply far too long to continually type out) new video for “Buriedfe… JUL · 15 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 67 ARTISTS · DIGITAL-DOWNLOADS Live Music Friday – Alex Dezen and Dave Chernis of The Damnwells, live on World Cafe Live Welcome back to another Live Music Friday here at Burgo’s Blog. Thanks to all the regular readers who were patient while I took my week off from posting… it was much needed, and I think it did me a world of good. For th… JUL · 10 · 2008 13 COMMENTS READ →
- 68 DIGITAL-DOWNLOADS · GUITAR I think I might regret this… I think I might regret this, but I’ve decided to take this week off from posting here. It’s probably not the best timing for a decision like this; especially considering the fact that one of my favourite music bloggers… JUL · 03 · 2008 4 COMMENTS READ →
- 69 2007-RELEASES · ARTISTS Bon Iver on La Blogotheque – Flume Aaaah… La Blogotheque, you’ve done it again. If you’ve read my blog for any period of time, you might have noticed my love for the Takeaway Shows that La Blogotheque puts out. JUN · 27 · 2008 1 COMMENT READ →
- 70 2007-RELEASES · 2008-RELEASES Live Music Friday – Xavier Rudd, live at Bonnaroo Music Festival Welcome back to another Live Music Friday here at Burgo’s Blog. Today, we’ll be featuring someone a little closer to my (adoptive) home… Australian musician, Xavier Rudd. JUN · 26 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 71 2007-RELEASES · 2008-RELEASES The New York Fund – Guns of Camden Town, Going to New York, & Oh My Sweet The New York Fund (image credit: www.gregorynolan.com) JUN · 23 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 72 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Live Music Friday – Coldplay, live at London’s Brixton Academy So I was all set for a Calexico “Live Music Friday” post today, and then at the last minute, an email came through pointing me towards this NME article, which in turn led me to the BBC Radio 1 site, which – finally – po… JUN · 19 · 2008 3 COMMENTS READ →
- 73 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Joe Pug – Nation of Heat. A thoroughly impressive debut… Joe Pug – a startling debut (photo credit: Amber Meairs) JUN · 18 · 2008 6 COMMENTS READ →
- 74 2007-RELEASES · ARTISTS Flobots – Fight With Tools JUN · 12 · 2008 2 COMMENTS READ →
- 75 ARTISTS · DIGITAL-DOWNLOADS Live Music Friday – Amos Lee, live on KCRW’s “Morning Becomes Eclectic” Welcome back to another Live Music Friday here on Burgo’s Blog… unfortunately, due to time constraints, this post might be a bit short… but still packed full of great tunes. Today, I thought we would get a bit soulful,… JUN · 12 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 76 ARTISTS · DIGITAL-DOWNLOADS Live Music Friday – Pete Francis, live at The Woodstock Opera House So by now, if you’ve read this blog for any amount of time, you would know my love affair with the band Dispatch. Dispatch was, I think, probably the first band that I really obsessed over. Ultimately, they were everyth… JUN · 06 · 2008 4 COMMENTS READ →
- 77 A-LOOK-BACK-AT-BURGOS-BLOG-THUS-FAR · COVERS Burgo’s Blog – A Retrospective Mixtape So, I realised the other day that this blog has now been live for over 6 months on this domain (not including the few months I was on a WordPress hosted domain), and I thought now was as good a time as any to take a ste… JUN · 05 · 2008 8 COMMENTS READ →
- 78 ARTISTS · DIGITAL-DOWNLOADS Live Music Friday – G Love & Special Sauce, live at the Belly-Up Tavern, 2006 Welcome back to another Live Music Friday here at Burgoblog.com. For today’s post, I thought we would get a little motown. A little funky. A little bluesy. A little… well… everything, with a show from G Love & Special S… MAY · 29 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 79 2007-RELEASES · 2008-RELEASES May 2008 – The month that music forgot. (Or, “Tidings of The Old Romantic Killer Band and The Tallest Man On Earth”) What that extremely long and convoluted title alludes to is the fact that, for me, May 2008 has proven to contain an absolute dearth of good new music. Aside from the new Death Cab album and Frightened Rabbit release, n… MAY · 27 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 80 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Live Music Friday – Counting Crows Live on WXPN/World Cafe Friday Possibly the post that I receive the most emails about on this blog was my past post about the Counting Crows performance on WXPN’s World Cafe Friday. I don’t think that a a single week has gone by, since that post was… MAY · 22 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 81 ARTISTS · GUITAR Later with Jools Holland does it again… The Raconteurs & Bon Iver “Later… with Jools Holland” constantly impresses, and most who have read this blog for any period of time would know my love for the show. MAY · 19 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 82 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Death Cab releases the much-anticipated “Narrow Stairs”. In related news, I was wrong. Death Cab For Cutie have just released their new album, “Narrow Stairs” MAY · 15 · 2008 5 COMMENTS READ →
- 83 ARTISTS · COVERS Live Music Friday – Howie Day live at The House of Blues. (Or, I’m in mourning. I missed the Howie Day gig.) I’m in serious mourning here. Somehow, the fact that Howie Day was in Brisbane – or even Australia, for that matter – opening for Whitley completely flew under my radar, and I only found out after it was too late. To pu… MAY · 15 · 2008 1 COMMENT READ →
- 84 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Langhorne Slim – In The Midnight, Restless & Diamonds and Gold Langhorne Slim is an artist who has me excited; the quintessential “everyman” performer, he is a singer who seems to truly embrace his flaws… and then run with them. MAY · 12 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 85 2007-RELEASES · ARTISTS Live Music Friday – Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, live on NPR’s World Cafe Just so that everyone knows, my iPod has officially given up the ghost, completely and utterly without warning. With most of my music on there, this is severely going to impact posting, and – quite frankly, more importa… MAY · 08 · 2008 3 COMMENTS READ →
- 86 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Frightened Rabbit – Head Rolls Off & Good Arms vs. Bad Arms Continuing my recent love affair with Scottish musicians, today’s post deals with the, quite frankly, brilliant band from Glasgow, Frightened Rabbit. MAY · 07 · 2008 4 COMMENTS READ →
- 87 2007-RELEASES · 2008-RELEASES Malcolm Middleton… easily my favourite Scot. Yes, you read that right. Malcolm Middleton is easily my favourite Scotsman, and that’s saying something. While still predominantly known for his work with the – albeit, brilliant – Arab Strap, his solo output since lea… MAY · 05 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 88 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS The New Frontiers – The Day You Fell Apart & Black Lungs Wow. It’s been a busy few days, which means that I haven’t been able to get onto the blog much lately, so I apologise for not replying to comments here and there. Unfortunately it’s going to be just as busy a week this… MAY · 03 · 2008 1 COMMENT READ →
- 89 ARTISTS · COVERS Live Music Friday – Bob Schneider at Antone’s, 2002 Time for another Live Music Friday! Following on from our Alex & Angela Dezen post here, and The National Black Sessions post here, today we’ll be following up with a Bob Schneider show from 2002. MAY · 02 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 90 2007-RELEASES · ARTISTS-TO-WATCH-FOR-IN-2008 A Romantica Vision… Romantica APR · 29 · 2008 1 COMMENT READ →
- 91 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Billy Bragg – Live on Fair Game Billy Bragg recently performed a live set on PRI’s “Fair Game” APR · 28 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 92 2005-RELEASES · ARTISTS Live Music Friday – The National Black Sessions Wow. That week went fast. I can’t believe it’s time for another Live Music Friday. Following on from our Alex & Angela Dezen/Damnwells post here, I thought that today we’d feature a show from The National. APR · 25 · 2008 2 COMMENTS READ →
- 93 2007-RELEASES · ARTISTS Chris Bathgate – The Last Parade on Ann St & Serpentine Chris Bathgate (image credit: Quite Scientific) APR · 22 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 94 2007-RELEASES · ARTISTS Live Music Friday – Alex Dezen of The Damnwells, Live at Hotel Cafe Over the years, I’ve amassed quite a large collection of live shows of my favourite artists… thank god for all those tapers out there who share their wealth with those of us who can’t make it to the show! When I was liv… APR · 17 · 2008 10 COMMENTS READ →
- 95 2006-RELEASES · 2007-RELEASES Thursday Music Round-up – Matthew Ryan, Josh Ritter, New Atlantic & The Kooks After almost a week off from the blogosphere, there are a few songs that I haven’t told you about… so we’ll just jump right in… APR · 16 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 96 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Tunes to tide you over… Brett Young, Brendan James and Jay Clifford I’m off to Sydney for the rest of the week, and probably won’t manage to post until next week. I know, I’ll miss you too. APR · 08 · 2008 2 COMMENTS READ →
- 97 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Blind Melon are back. And I’m not sure how I feel about this… Shannon Hoon with Blind Melon at Woodstock ’94. After a 12 year hiatus following Shannon’s death, Blind Melon are back. APR · 06 · 2008 7 COMMENTS READ →
- 98 ARTISTS · GUITAR Ryan Adams has left us a parting gift… Ryan Adams has left us a parting gift. Unfortunately, I think this signals the end of his blog. But he’s left us a parting gift. APR · 06 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 99 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Friday Music Roundup – The Dodos, Tokyo Police Club and Bodies of Water It’s been a while since a Friday Roundup, so why not? APR · 04 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 100 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS The War on Drugs – Arms Like Boulders The War On Drugs has just released their EP, “Barrel of Batteries” APR · 02 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 101 2007-RELEASES · ARTISTS Nathaniel Hoho… Under The Radar. So quite often, people will email me about an artist that I “absolutely need to hear”. Some are… well, ok. Some are good. Some are great. And some are special. And if it wasn’t for the fans emailing me, I might have mis… MAR · 30 · 2008 6 COMMENTS READ →
- 102 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Pennywise new album “Reason To Believe”… free through Myspace. Pennywise’s new album, “Reason To Believe”, is out now on Myspace. MAR · 27 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 103 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Consolers of the Lonely by The Raconteurs … is out. And damn, it’s hot. MAR · 26 · 2008 2 COMMENTS READ →
- 104 ARTISTS · CONCERTS G Love and Ozomatli… at the Tivoli. So after a few days off down the coast, I know this entry is popping up late; but on Sunday evening, I accomplished one more of my “band goals”, with a night at the Tivoli. This entry is being composed on the long train… MAR · 25 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 105 2007-RELEASES · 2008-RELEASES Mr A to the Z and Friends… at the Tivoli. So last night, I went to another show. MAR · 20 · 2008 3 COMMENTS READ →
- 106 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Sun Kil Moon – April. Streaming over a Myspace near you… This will be quite a quickie, but I’ve just seen that the latest Sun Kil Moon album, “April“, is now streaming over at Myspace, for the next two days only. MAR · 19 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 107 2003-RELEASES · 2005-RELEASES Jack Johnson and Friends… at the Brisbane Riverstage. As mentioned yesterday, on Sunday I headed across to the Brisbane Riverstage, for an evening with Jack Johnson, Matt Costa, and Will Conner. And – despite my longtime love affair with Jack Johnson, and my (extremely) te… MAR · 17 · 2008 2 COMMENTS READ →
- 108 2003-RELEASES · 2007-RELEASES Tuesday Trio – BARR, The Broderick & The Low Life So, it’s Tuesday, and we all know what that means… time for another Tuesday Trio! A bit of a mixed bag this week, we have a not-so-new song, a new release, and an old song. Why? Because I roll that way, and it’s what I’… MAR · 11 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 109 2007-RELEASES · ARTISTS Bon Iver – The Wolves (Act I & II) There’s a new Bon Iver video out, and it’s story is – quite frankly – inspiring. First, I think I should note that my love for all things Justin Vernon (aka Bon Iver) related is no secret. The guy’s voice, phrasing, and… MAR · 05 · 2008 4 COMMENTS READ →
- 110 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS The Charlatans “You Cross My Path”. And dandelions. Remember that old post I wrote, about other bands hopping onto the “free download” bandwagon? Well, for the second time in as many days (check out the first regarding the Nine Inch Nails, “Ghosts”, here), I’m linking to… MAR · 03 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 111 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Heaven, Mystery and Boris Yeltsin. Intrigued? It’s been a long, long week. Sometimes things just don’t seem to go your way, you know? But today is Sunday, and tomorrow’s a clean slate. So, things are looking up already, aren’t they? And with that tone of optimism,… MAR · 02 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 112 2006-RELEASES · 2008-RELEASES Margot & The Nuclear So and So’s A friend recently alerted me to the fact that a new Margot & The Nuclear So and So’s track is floating around the wide wide world of the internets, and it is with much pleasure that I present it below. FEB · 28 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 113 ARTISTS · GUITAR Mr. A to the Z… yes I’m excited. Last year was a great year for live shows. After seeing (just to mention a few) Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, The Frames, Jeremy Fisher, Xavier Rudd, Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, Crosby Stills & Nash, The Beautiful Girls an… FEB · 21 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 114 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Perez are back. That’s a good thing… right? So if you’ve read my past post, “30 South African bands you SHOULD hear”, you would know my extreme love for the band, Perez. If you haven’t read it though (and can’t be bothered to click through to that link), here’s a… FEB · 21 · 2008 1 COMMENT READ →
- 115 2007-RELEASES · ARTISTS The National – Slow Show (live on Fair Game) Just a quickie post today; but thought I would delight you all with another offering from The National. FEB · 19 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 116 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Music for a rough morning-after… Firstly, apologies for the lack of regular posting this week. I had my head buried in spreadsheets for most of it, and conferences took up the remainder. That said, the week is drawing to an end, and reports have been f… FEB · 16 · 2008 1 COMMENT READ →
- 117 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Dallas Green – City and Colour Back in the day, I used to be a pretty big Alexisonfire fan. In fact, when I’m feeling like a bit of anger is called for, I still am. So it was with interest that I awaited the sophomore release from Alexisonfire’s guit… FEB · 15 · 2008 1 COMMENT READ →
- 118 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Counting Crows live on WXPN – Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings Thank god for WXPN – as usual they’ve brought the goods with NPR’s latest World Cafe show, featuring Counting Crows live, previewing eight (yes, I said eight) songs from their forthcoming album, Saturday Nights and Sund… FEB · 10 · 2008 13 COMMENTS READ →
- 119 2007-RELEASES · 2008-RELEASES Friday Music Round-up – The Dodos, Patrick Park and Jason Schwartzman I’m off down the coast for the weekend, with a lot of things to be sorted out before leaving; so this Friday’s post will be a round-up post. Lazy? Perhaps. Awesome tunes? Definitely. FEB · 07 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 120 ARTISTS · DIGITAL-DOWNLOADS The Format break up. Sadness ensues. FEB · 05 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 121 ARTISTS · COVERS Cat Power – Silver Stallion (Live) As promised, here is the video clip of Cat Power performing “Silver Stallion” live on “Later… with Jools Holland”: FEB · 04 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 122 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Later with Jools Holland celebrates in style… One of my favourite music shows, “Later… with Jools Holland“, has just reached a milestone this month, broadcasting it’s 200th episode. Times Online has a great article about the night in question, and also a bit of bac… FEB · 04 · 2008 3 COMMENTS READ →
- 123 ARTISTS · DIGITAL-DOWNLOADS Radiohead – House of Cards (Live) As promised, Radiohead’s performance of “House of Cards” live on “Later… With Jools Holland”: FEB · 04 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 124 2003-RELEASES · 2006-RELEASES The Damnwells… A new release, and some old love. JAN · 31 · 2008 4 COMMENTS READ →
- 125 2005-RELEASES · ARTISTS Nina Gordon – Straight Outta Compton (Cover) So, following on from yesterday’s post, there are two more quasi-hip-hop songs that I think you should hear. And the first of those is this one: JAN · 29 · 2008 1 COMMENT READ →
- 126 2006-RELEASES · ARTISTS Ray Lamontagne – Crazy (Cover) So, following on from yesterday’s post, there are two more quasi-hip-hop songs that I think you should hear. The first of those was here, and now the second (pushing the bounds of the term “quasi-hip-hop songs”), is: JAN · 29 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 127 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Rivo Drei – She Amazed Me (The Dilbert Sessions) (Aside: 3 posts in 1 day? I know, it’s a regular explosion over here!) JAN · 29 · 2008 2 COMMENTS READ →
- 128 2007-RELEASES · ARTISTS Hey Ya (Cover) – Obadiah Parker JAN · 28 · 2008 3 COMMENTS READ →
- 129 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Post-A-Day Week: Patrick Sweany – Hotel Women Post-A-Day Week: It’s not often over a weekend that I’ll be sent enough songs to make up a week of posts. So, this week, I’ve decided to put up a post a day, as opposed to lumping them all into one confusing mess, as I… JAN · 26 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 130 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Post-A-Day Week: Jon Foreman – Behind Your Eyes Post-A-Day Week: It’s not often over a weekend that I’ll be sent enough songs to make up a week of posts. So, this week, I’ve decided to put up a post a day, as opposed to lumping them all into one confusing mess, as I… JAN · 25 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 131 2002-RELEASES · ARTISTS Post-A-Day Week: Todd Thibaud – Sacred Post-A-Day Week: It’s not often over a weekend that I’ll be sent enough songs to make up a week of posts. So, this week, I’ve decided to put up a post a day, as opposed to lumping them all into one confusing mess, as I… JAN · 24 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 132 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Post-A-Day Week: Samamidon – Saro Post-A-Day Week: It’s not often over a weekend that I’ll be sent enough songs to make up a week of posts. So, this week, I’ve decided to put up a post a day, as opposed to lumping them all into one confusing mess, as I… JAN · 23 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 133 2007-RELEASES · ARTISTS Post-A-Day Week: Need to Breathe – More Time (With a side helping of Washed by the Water) Post-A-Day Week: It’s not often over a weekend that I’ll be sent enough songs to make up a week of posts. So, this week, I’ve decided to put up a post a day, as opposed to lumping them all into one confusing mess, as I… JAN · 22 · 2008 4 COMMENTS READ →
- 134 2007-RELEASES · ARTISTS Post-A-Day Week: Faker – This Heart Attack Post-A-Day Week: It’s not often over a weekend that I’ll be sent enough songs to make up a week of posts. So, this week, I’ve decided to put up a post a day, as opposed to lumping them all into one confusing mess, as I… JAN · 21 · 2008 1 COMMENT READ →
- 135 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Counting Crows – Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings JAN · 16 · 2008 1 COMMENT READ →
- 136 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Some Death Cab-related goodness. There are two reasons for Death Cab For Cutie fans to be excited this year: the first is that Chris Walla, guitarist for Death Cab (and sometime-producer for The Decemberists, Tegan & Sara and more) is releasing his sol… JAN · 15 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 137 2007-RELEASES · ARTISTS Time for a Tuesday Trio. Sorry things have been a bit quiet lately; real life takes it’s toll, and lease renewals and rental inspections take up a bit of time. That said, let’s jump right into a Tuesday Trio. JAN · 14 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 138 ARTISTS · ARTISTS-TO-WATCH-FOR-IN-2008 Robert Francis – One by One. And, a side helping of Wild Sweet Orange – Wrestle With God Robert Francis JAN · 08 · 2008 1 COMMENT READ →
- 139 DIGITAL-DOWNLOADS · GUITAR U2 – In A Little While (for Joey Ramone) JAN · 07 · 2008 1 COMMENT READ →
- 140 ARTISTS · ARTISTS-TO-WATCH-FOR-IN-2008 Andy McKee is a better guitarist than you. Unquestionably, one of the most exciting guitarists I’ve seen in the last few years is Andy Mckee. JAN · 06 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 141 2007-RELEASES · ARTISTS Things I probably should have told you in 2007. In the course of writing this blog, I come across a lot – and I mean, a lot – of music. Some of which I’ll blog about, some of which never seems to get its own post. JAN · 03 · 2008 6 COMMENTS READ →
- 142 ARTISTS · ARTISTS-TO-WATCH-FOR-IN-2008 The Sounds of London – Jack Penate and Jamie T It’s been a while since the sounds of London caused me to become excited, but two lads are currently making enough noise to bring London to the main stage again. Those two boys are Jack Penate and Jamie Treays (aka Jami… DEC · 28 · 2007 2 COMMENTS READ →
- 143 ARTISTS · ARTISTS-TO-WATCH-FOR-IN-2008 State Radio, Roger That & The Beautiful Girls at the Tivoli. On Friday night, I achieved one of my life’s goals (dramatic, perhaps… but nonetheless true), and saw State Radio perform live, at the Tivoli in Brisbane. I almost cried, I was so happy. DEC · 23 · 2007 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 144 ARTISTS · ARTISTS-TO-WATCH-FOR-IN-2008 The Wombats – Let’s Dance To Joy Division DEC · 23 · 2007 1 COMMENT READ →
- 145 ARTISTS · COVERS Stereophonics – Best of You Cover DEC · 20 · 2007 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 146 ARTISTS · CHRISTMAS Jack Johnson’s New Album. And, another Christmas Cover. DEC · 19 · 2007 2 COMMENTS READ →
- 147 ARTISTS · CONCERTS Crosby, Stills & Nash – About time for Brisbane… DEC · 16 · 2007 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 148 ARTISTS · DIGITAL-DOWNLOADS The 30 South African bands you NEED to hear! (Update: It’s been brought to my attention that some people aren’t sure how to stream the songs while reading. Um. Click the little “play” icon next to the song name. Easy, huh?) (Second Update: Song links for below ent… DEC · 07 · 2007 163 COMMENTS READ →
- 149 ARTISTS · GUITAR Bernard Fanning – Watch Over Me Ok. So I’m working on a post (or series of posts, not sure yet), which is becoming huge, involving around 30 artists so far. It might take me a few days to get all of this information sorted into something slightly pass… DEC · 05 · 2007 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 150 GUITAR · MUSIC Gibson’s “Robot Guitar” Ok, so this is something we’ve been excited about for a while, but Gibson have released some new pics of their “Robotic Guitar”. No longer must tone-deaf guitar players drown in a sea of irony; the Robot Guitar can tune… NOV · 13 · 2007 3 COMMENTS READ →